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Does anyone have any experience with these, or know if they are any good?

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They look good from the specs. GM used on the 250/292 from 74 on. Someone posted that you can get a rebuilt from your FLAPS for about $90. I bought a adjustable vac adv for my HEI. Regardless of how I adjusted the vac adv, I still still had to install the limiter that came with it it. Bronze gears are only(?) required for high spring pressures.

Larry

Really not a bad deal if it's what they say it is.If you buy a used old greasy HEI for 25 bucks,then get a new cap ,rotor,pick up coil,module ,vacuum advance unit,you'll be pushing 100 dollars or more not considering the upper bushing may be worn.

Thanks for the info. What is FLAPS though?

That's the thing though, is it what they say it is? I'm very skeptical of things on ebay.

Tom Langdon offers rebuilt GM'S (95/105). see links/parts/Stovebolt Engine Co./ catalog/ ignition.

FLAPS = Friendly Local Auto Parts Store. :rolleyes:

Larry

I was supposed to know that?

You do now.

Larry

Friendly? Darn, I thought the F stood for something else (especially since I always saw it used in frustration before) .

I have no experience with that particular brand, I bought one like it for my 302 Ford project (yeah V thingy, I know) and the distributor itself was fine. I put an MSD module in it (for the built in rev limiter) and it worked flawlessly, even with no hood at 65+MPH in the driving rain (Dizzy's in the front on the ford too).

Now the down side most (I would guess all) of these are made to use as much of the stock HEI as possible (so at least you can buy service parts anywhere, right? read on). So what they all seem to do is use a housing cast to fit the application (in this case chevy 6 lower and 6cyl HEI top) with a two piece distributor shaft (stock HEI top and trigger wheel / advance mechanism with an application specific lower piece). This may not be a problem depending on how the two pieces of the shaft are held together. The Pertonics, and Proform distributors (from the pictures) use an extended lock collar (in my Ford example) to support the joint and a stock appearing dist gear. Mine on the other hand uses a stock appearing colar and a non standard gear. Earlier this year the engine in question got a bad batch of fuel in Cali and amongst other things I lost the cam (water in the oil and a HV oil pump wiped most of the Dist gear off the cam). So when I went to get a replacement gear could I find anyone that could sell me one that would work for mine? No, so I bought MSD, at least I'll know where I can get service parts.

I guess the morral of this story is look very carefully, if you know what it's supposed to look like (in minute detail) and it actually looks appropriate, go for it. If it weren't for having a questionable gear on it I would be running it now (custom retro roller SBF cams from Comp run $500+ so I'm not gonna chance it on a gear that has already seen a cam gear fail) but then I wouldn't know a Chevy inline 6 dist gear if it bit me.

I'm just saying I don't think the eye rolling was necessary. I have enough acronyms to remember, and not everyone knows all of them unless there's a sticky posted somewhere with all of them. I didn't see one.

Nexxussian: Thanks for that info! That's the kind of stuff I was looking for.

hello all,
I keep this in favourites for exactly that reason.
and FLAPS is not there.
so - if it is not listed in the "official" list,does it really exist? LOL.
hope this site helps you.

regards,Rod

Haha, thanks that is helpful.